Programs built for CEOs who are ready for the next level.
Katahdin Group brings together mid-market leaders in peer collectives that challenge thinking, sharpen strategy, and get results. No generic content. Real work, real peers, real outcomes.
Four programs. One shared commitment to growth.
Each program is sized and structured for a specific leadership context. CEOs, key executives, high-growth teams, and strategic planning all have a home here.
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CEO Collective
A confidential peer group for chief executives of mid-market companies. Members meet regularly to work through real challenges, stress-test decisions, and hold each other accountable to results. The room is deliberately small. Candidness is the entry fee.
Key Executive Collective
Designed for the senior leaders who run day-to-day operations alongside the CEO. The Key Executive Collective builds bench strength, sharpens cross-functional thinking, and gives high-potential leaders a peer network they will use for years.
Strategic Ascent
Facilitated strategic planning that actually sticks. Strategic Ascent takes leadership teams through a structured process to build a clear plan, align the organization behind it, and create the accountability systems that keep execution on track. Available nationwide.
High Impact
An accelerated program for leaders who want to compress time to results. High Impact combines peer accountability, expert facilitation, and structured action planning into a high-intensity format for executives serious about moving the needle fast.
Built for leaders who want real results, not another seminar.
Katahdin Group works with CEOs and senior executives who have outgrown the standard advice track. The problems at the top are specific, the stakes are real, and the people best equipped to help you solve them are other leaders who are living through the same terrain.
Our peer groups serve mid-market companies across New England. Our strategic planning engagements run nationwide. Every program is facilitated by practitioners who have led organizations themselves, not coaches reading from a curriculum.
The name comes from Mount Katahdin: the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. The endpoint you train for, plan toward, and finally summit. That is the ambition we bring to every engagement.
“The most important conversations a CEO has are the ones they cannot have inside their own company. Katahdin Group creates the room where those conversations happen honestly.”Katahdin Group
Strategic Facilitators who have run businesses themselves.
Our facilitators are not consultants who study leadership from the outside. They are executives and advisors who have sat in the chair, made the hard calls, and built the kind of judgment that only comes from doing it.
Structured monthly sessions built around real business challenges brought by members. Facilitators guide the room, draw out the group's collective intelligence, and hold members accountable to commitments made between sessions.
Multi-session facilitated process that takes leadership teams from scattered priorities to a single, aligned strategic plan. Includes goal-setting, accountability architecture, and a 90-day launch sequence to build execution momentum.
Private coaching for executives who want an honest sounding board outside the organization. Not therapy. Not cheerleading. Structured thinking and direct feedback from someone who has navigated the same pressures you are facing.
Intensive facilitation that surfaces misalignment, closes the strategy-to-execution gap, and builds shared ownership of outcomes across the leadership team. Designed for teams that need to move fast and cannot afford a year-long process.
Curated intelligence for a CEO audience: market dynamics, leadership frameworks, and perspectives from practitioners. Delivered monthly to members and subscribers who want to stay sharp without the noise of generic business media.
Annual off-site experiences that deepen peer relationships, accelerate strategic clarity, and create the kind of candid conversations that change how leaders show up back at the office. Location and format vary by program.
From first call to fully embedded in four steps.
We keep the onboarding direct. A brief introductory call, a mutual fit conversation, and then you are working with the group. No lengthy intake forms or six-week ramp.
Introductory Call
A 30-minute conversation to understand where you are, what you are trying to solve, and whether a Katahdin Group program is the right fit. No pitch. No pressure.
Program Fit Review
We match your context, company stage, and goals to the right program. CEO Collective, Key Executive, Strategic Ascent, or High Impact, each has a distinct purpose and a distinct member profile.
Group Introduction
You meet the cohort before committing. Peer group dynamics only work when the fit is real. We take the time to make sure you are entering a room where candid conversation is already the norm.
Start Working
You are in. The work begins at your first session. Members bring real challenges, the group engages with full seriousness, and accountability structures are set from day one.
Get the Monthly CEO Briefing.
Insights written specifically for a CEO audience. No generic content, no vendor pitches. Delivered monthly to leaders who want to stay sharp.
Perspectives for mid-market leaders.
Practical thinking on strategy, leadership, and the specific pressures that come with running a growing company. Written for CEOs, not about them.
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